Chapter 7

By: MysticFantasy

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Angel sat in his room looking through his cd collection and kept glancing down the hall toward Jack's room. The door was shut and on the other side Evelyn was asking Jack about how last night went.

He had a feeling that he was going to be stuck inside the house for longer than his original grounding and it wasn't until now that he realized how small his cd collection is. He'd been staring at it for the past fifteen minutes while Jack was giving Evelyn his report and he calculated that he could go through all of the songs on the cd's in only four or five days.

He evetually started reorganizing his collection and was into the D's when Jack's bedroom door opened and Evelyn came out and to his room.

"How much longer am I grounded?" he asked.

"You've been cut down to five days Angel." Evelyn answered sitting down on his still unmade bed.

"What?" Angel exclaimed looking at his mother in surprise.

"Jack raved about you." she answered with a smile. "He told me how you made him something to eat, let him watch a movie with you and helped him get to sleep when he was so scared. He told me that the things you gave him to help him sleep really worked. He said he didn't once hear the thunder. You really made an impression on him Angel."

"I did?" Angel questioned. "He really said that?"

"Yes, he did. It's like we've been telling you all this time Angel. Jack does like you but he's a little intimidated with how you come off." Evelyn said. "But since he gave such a good report about you I decided to cut your grounding to five days. Maybe you should go thank him."

Angel bit his lip as he thought over his mother's words. He did owe Jack for saying such nice things about him.

He nodded, stood up and slowly walked over to the younger boys room. He spotted Jack sitting on his bed as he walked in.

"Thanks for what you said to mom." he said.

Jack lightly nodded, keeping his eyes low.

"And...I'm sorry about the way I've been acting toward you." Angel said getting the attention of Jack's eyes. "Guess Jerry was right all along. Guess I am a little jealous that I'm not the youngest anymore."

"I'm sorry." Jack said.

"Don't worry about it Jack. I just need a little time to get use to it." Angel said.

"Do...do you still hate me?" Jack asked almost hesitantly.

"No. I never did hate you." Angel answered. "Like I said, I was just jealous. Just give me a little time and I'll get over it. Ok?"

"Am I your brother now?"

Angel looked at the young child straight on. His big blue eyes were pleading for the same acceptance from him that he recieved from Bobby and Jerry.

"Yeah, you are Jack."